An invitation to join in conversation - via film culture

As death and dying are matters Anna Chaplains encounter in their ministry, it might be good to know about an online discussion that Christians on Ageing are holding next month?

Author of How to Handle Later Life, (Amaranth Books 2027) Marion Shoard, is chairing a Zoom discussion on February 27 on the way the arts depict death and dying among older people.

Focusing especially on the film released in December and available on Netflix, Goodbye June, which is based on Kate Winslett’s experience of the death of her mother and its impact on her siblings, the conversation is sure to generate many different opinions.

Marion is a trustee of Christians on Ageing and this event will take place as part of the scheduled meetings of CoA’s Culture Club – regular discussions about the ways in which the arts depict the lives of older people. She says:

'I think the discussion on February 27th will be particularly relevant at a time when debate continues to rage in parliament on the case for assisted suicide... On the ground, there is much discussion about attitudes to death and dying and how connection and support during the dying process can best be fostered, not least within the Death Café movement.' 

Here's a link to the web page giving more information of how to join in online:

https://christiansonageing.org.uk/culture-club/

Marion's daughter, film editor at The Guardian, Catherine Shoard is a regular at Culture Club. She reports that Goodbye June, while flawed, is also 'moving, uplifting and sometimes funny.'

Guardian Film Editor Catherin Shoard

Catherine thinks online participants would find the film’s portrayal of palliative care in the NHS 'thought-provoking.' 

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